Leisure hours among the gems - Augustus C. Hamlin

Abbas Murza, [214].
Abbé Haüy, views of, [75], [91], [253], [371].
Abbey of St. Dennis, gems of, [236], [320].
Acber, banquet of, [209].
Achille de Sancy, [172].
Adamas, [15], [89].
Adamantine flash, [91].
spar, [393].
Adolphus, marriage of, [123].
Advice of Rabelais, [title page].
Agrah diamond, [213].
Ahmed’s ring, [116].
Alaric and his Goths, [121], [122].
Alexander, Emperor, [177].
fêtes of, [115],
helmet, [229].
marriage of, [287],
ring, [289].
Palace, collections of, [146].
Alfred de Vigny, poem on the diamond, [12].
Alla-ud-deen, [209].
Amsterdam diamond cutters, [242].
Ancient gem localities, [48].
gems and regalia, [106].
glass, [323], [325], [351], [352].
monster emeralds, [325].
Anna Ivanovna, Empress, [136].
Anne Boleyn, jewel of, [192].
Antitheses of carbon, [16].
Aqua marines, [318]-[320].
Arabian romance writers’ fancies on gems, [363].
Asiatic gems, [201].
Assyrians and gems, [369].
Asteria sapphires, [414], [415].
quartz, [416].
Augustus the Strong, gems of, [225].
Aurelian, triumph of, [119].
Austrian gems, etc., [226], [227].

Baba, trial of, [161].
Babinet, views of, [99], [185], [223], [263].
Bahia, mines of, [39], [44], [45].
Baillou’s views on gems, [371].
Baker, Sir Samuel, views, [381], [382].
Barbarossa, Emperor, [226].
Barberini vase, [326].
Barbot, views of, [108], [181], [256], [257], [269], [306].
Bariatinsky, jewels of, [155].
Baron d’ Eschwège, [39].
Batavian display of diamonds, [281].
Begagem mines, [223].
Beke, Dr., account of large diamonds, [214].
Belisarius, triumph of, [125].
Bernier’s estimate of Persian gems, [213].
Berquen, lapidary, [167], [238], [241], [272].
Beryl, [145], [311], [320], [332].
name derived from, [317].
of English Crown, [318].
Beudant, Prof., views of, [99], [398].
Bheen, temple of, [209].
Biot, views of, [72].
Blue beryls of Ireland, [316].
diamond of France, [163].
of Mr. Hope, [189].
of Munich, [226].
Boetius de Boot, views of, [105].
Bohmer, French jeweller, [179].
Bordeaux, architect of Peacock Throne, etc., [219].
Borghis, Hortensio, lapidary, [202], [203].
Brewster, Sir David, views of, [65], [184], [259], [263].
Bronze horses of Venice, [127].
Brunswick, Duke, gems of, [232].
Buchanan, views of, [32], [34], [74].
Buffon’s views, [59], [380].
Burial of Cardinal Borromeo, [290].
Lord Palmerston, [290].
Burning-of-Troy opal, [353].
Byzantium, [129], [130], [139].

Cæsar, ring of, [289].
Cagliostro, [175].
Canopies of the Persians, [26].
Cape de Verde, conglomerate, [61].
Capture of Ctesiphon, [24].
Caravans of the ancients, [26].
Carbon, combinations of, [18].
Carbonado, [45], [89], [104].
Cardinal Borromeo, [233].
Cardinal Mazarin, [242].
Carpet taken at Ctesiphon, [24].
Cascalho, [60].
Cassia oil, refractive power of, [257].
Castellani, collection of, [288], [289], [352].
Catherine, Empress, [153], [155].
Cedrenus, the historian, [128].
Cellini’s value of emerald, [331].
ruby, [427].
Ceraunia, [363].
Cerulean throne of the Nizam, [211].
Ceylon mines, [26], [56], [64], [372].
Chalice of Abbé Suger, [161].
Charlemagne, jewels of, [226], [239].
Charles I., gems of, [194].
Charles VIII. of France, [177].
Charles the Bold, [167], [242].
bogus ruby, [426].
Chladni, [71].
Chosroes, palace of, [126].
Chrysoberyl, [95].
Chrysostom, the historian, [129], [241].
Church regalia, [232]-[234].
Churches of England, ornaments of, [208].
Cingalese gem miners, [374]-[378].
Clay as an original deposit, [384].
Claudian’s description of treasures of Theodosius, [114].
Claussen’s views on the diamond, [42], [43].
Cleaveland’s views, [315].
Colesberg Kopje mines, [52].
Coliseum decorated with gems, [119].
Collection of armor, [142].
Collections of the Arabs, [116].
Mamelukes, [117].
Color of fossils, etc., [82].
gems, [82], [99]-[104].
Comnenus, Emperor, [137].
Conglomerate strata, [60].
Connecticut beryls, [314].
Constantine, [128].
Constantinople, conquest of, [113], [126], [127], [130].
Constituents of perfumes, [19], [205].
Coocha diamond, [205].
Cortez, emeralds of, [294].
Cortez’s presents to Charles V., [296].
Corundum, [368], [378], [388].
Cossacks, [132].
Coster, the lapidary, [184], [223].
Count de Douhet, [45].
Crawford’s estimate of Borneo diamond, [218].
Crown of Anna Ivanovna, frontispiece.
Austria, [227].
Chosroes, [22].
Goths of Spain, [321].
Kazan, [139].
Khan of Tartary, [22].
Lombardy, [321].
Muscovites, [136].
Portugal, [222].
Russia, [143].
Saxony, [226].
St. Stephen, [232], [300].
Victoria, [179].
Vladimir, [137].
Cumberland diamond, [232].
Cuneiform crystals, [369], [370], [378].
Cup of Chosroes, [23].
Theolinda, [326].
Cutting of the diamond, [238].
Kohinoor, [247].
Mogul, [247].
Regent, [247].
Star of the South, [247].
Cystine calculi, change in color, [308], [309].

Daubenton’s ideas of the gems, [371].
Davy, Dr., [394].
De Drèe’s Cabinet, [101].
De Laet, [240].
Delattre, report on the French gems, [158].
Delisle, [172].
Demidoff, Prince, [173].
Despret’s experiments, [265].
Development of insect life, [84].
vegetation, [84].
Devonshire gems, [288].
Diamond, antiquity of, as a gem, [21], [114].
appearance of, in nature, [86].
asteriated, [103].
black, [45], [87], [89], [104].
blue, [103], [163], [164], [222].
bort, [87].
Cascalho, or conglomerate, [60].
celebrated Agrah, [213].
blue, of France, [163].
Daria-i-noor, [205], [213].
De Drèe, [102].
Holland, [232].
Hope, [103], [164].
Kohinoor, [151], [180], [206]-[208], [214], [263].
Mogul, [181], [202], [205].
Mountain of Splendor, [214].
Munich, [103].
Napoleon, [163].
Nassac, [187].
Orloff, [149], [187], [206].
Paul Pindar, [195].
Pigott, [187].
Polar Star, [154].
Prince Riccia, [102].
red, of Russia, [107].
Regent, [161], [164], [165], [187], [206], [223], [263].
Sancy, [166].
Sea of Glory, [214].
Shah, [150], [205].
Stewart, [55].
Sultan of Mattan, [36].
Sultan’s, [112].
Taj-Mah, [213].
yellow, of Austria, [227].
Chancourtois, views, [69].
cleavage of, [91], [245].
color of, [97], [99], [100]-[104], [228].
rough diamonds, [257], [258].
comparative brilliancy of, [93], [95].
density of, [94].
Cumberland, Duke of, [191].
cut diamond, [241].
deposition of, [20], [65].
diminutive size of, [26], [27].
dispersive power of, [96].
Du Toits Pan placer, [53].
electric properties of, [88];
hardness, [88], [90], [25].
formation of, [59].
forms of brilliant style, [244], [251].
brilliolette style, [252].
rose style, [244], [251].
table style, [250].
globular forms, [87], [95], [245].
green, [102], [135].
imitations of, [265], [267].
worn by Duchesse de Berri, [268].
influence of, [83].
injured by fire, [256].
in time of Emperor Severus, [22].
Pliny, [15], [22], [26].
localities of Africa, [53].
Algiers, [52].
America, [49], [50].
Arabia, [51].
Australia, [56].
Borneo, [35].
Brazil, [37].
Golconda, [31].
India, [30].
Ireland, [47].
Java, [56].
Russia, [47], [48].
necklace of Rohan, [174].
old English style, [243].
origin of, Arago’s views, [69].
Buffon’s views, [59].
Davy’s views, [69].
Goppert’s views, [65].
Hartt’s views, [44].
Humboldt’s views, [43].
Lavoisier’s views, [68].
Newton’s views, [67].
pans, [62].
phosphorescence of, [88].
physical properties, [85].
pink, [159], [228].
placers, [58].
prismatic display, [91], [96], [244].
purity of, [262].
quantity of, in use, [279], [280].
red, [107], [222].
refraction of, [92], [97].
rough, value of, [274].
specific gravity of, [87].
spiritual properties, [104].
swindle of Arizona, [51].
testing of, [253], [258]-[264].
value of, [269]-[282].
yellow, [159], [227].
Diminutive size of precious stones, [392].
Dogni collection, [104].
Dolomieu, views, [70].
Don Antonio, [171].
Duke of Anjou, diamonds of, [240].
Brunswick, diamonds of, [232].
Buckingham, jewels of, [194], [198].
Burgundy, fête of, [241].
Duten’s views of the emerald, [151], [285].

Earl of Effingham, [151].
Eastwick’s account of Persian Treasury, [214].
Eleanor of Provence, jewels of, [191].
Electric properties of diamond, [88].
Elf-bolts, [362].
Elphinstone, British Envoy, [212].
Emerald Isle, [301].
Emeralds, [145]-[283].
abundance of, in Peru, [291].
ancient, [285]-[291].
at Dresden, [301].
at Florence, [300].
Kandy, [302].
Leiden, [301].
Madrid, [302].
Munich, [301].
Rome, [301].
Vienna, [301].
carved by the Mexicans, [294].
color and composition of, [304], [305], [307], [308], [315].
derivation of name, [290].
engraved by Carlo Costanzi, [302].
found by Maj. Pearse, [304].
given to Hortense, [299].
Napoleon, [299].
imitations of, [321]-[327].
in times of Queen Elizabeth, [297].
localities of Africa, [331].
Finland, [327].
France, [327].
in ancient times, [330], [331].
Norway, [327].
United States, [309].
Siberia, [328].
South America, [306], [327].
Tyrol, [329].
mentioned by Heliodorus, [285].
Pliny, [285], [287].
of Dhuleep Singh, [301].
Duke of Devonshire, [301].
Charlemagne, [299].
Cortez, [294].
Emperor Jehangir, [302].
French crown, [300].
Mustapha of Tunis, [297].
Pedro II., [11], [145].
Prince of Virianagram, [302].
Princess of Bariatinsky, [304].
Queen of Navarre, [297].
Rudolph II. at Dresden, [298].
Runjeet Singh, [304].
Russia, [298].
Shrine of Loretto, [301].
Sultan of Turkey, [300].
pillage in Mexico and Peru, [296].
of Marshal Junot in Spain, [303].
of Marshal Lannes in Spain, [303].
price of, at various times, [331], [332].
rarity of, [291].
sent by Elizabeth to Henri IV., [299].
supply of, [329].
the Great Mother, [297].
Empress of Austria, gift to the Archduke, [229].
Enamels of the ancients, [215].
Englehardt, [47].
English clergy, magnificence of, [200].
Engraved gems, [14], [288], [289], [320], [351], [418], [424].
abundance of, [421].
Esterhazy, jewels of, [229]-[232].